New Left

[Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Jesse Lemisch, New Left historian and author of, among other things, “Jack Tar in the Streets: Merchant Seamen in the Politics of Revolutionary America,” “The American Revolution Seen from the Bottom Up,” and “On Active Service in War Peace: Politics and Ideology in the American Historical Profession.” He is also a longtime friend of S-USIH and of this blog. He has, in the past, written a number of guest posts for the blog, including, most recently “Naomi Weisstein: Psychology, Science, and Women’s Liberation.” This post has been updated at the author’s Read more

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@erin_bartram @Historiann @TheTattooedProf @TryingBiology @williamrblack @BenjaminEPark @LDBurnett @petecajka @monicalmercado @sarageorgini @WilliamCossen It's wonderful to be included in this list, @erin_bartram! Seeing/meeting so many people at #USIH2017 was a definite highlight of 2017 for me as well!

@t_lacy Great post, @t_lacy. #USIH2017 was our first year to manage the book exhibit ourselves. Big shoutout to @whitney_nell for updating the publisher contact list & to @sarageorgini for designing sponsorship tiers. #USIH volunteers rock!

@dw_rinn @RayHaberski @LDBurnett I know you're not a podcast listener but I think you'll want to listen to this one since it's all about the fantastic Dallas #USIH2017 conference that you organized. #USIH

Philosopher and educator Mortimer J. Adler was born on this day in 1902. The attached Britannica entry summarizes his life and work. I'll comment below on a few books that display his intellectual concerns. /1 https://t.co/Bu6vKlDTl4 #USIH #twitterstorians